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Leading Man
Mark Feuerstein
Heads a Cast of Small-Screen Starlets
in Neil LaBute’s
Some Girl(s) in The Audrey at The Geffen Playhouse
Rosalind Chao, Paula Cale Lisbe, Justina Machado and
Jaime Ray Newman
Star as Some of the Girls in this West-Coast Premiere Directed by LaBute
LOS ANGELES, January 15, 2008 — Mark Feuerstein, an actor who has
made a name for himself by playing irresistibly charming characters on
screens both big (In Her Shoes, What Women Want) and small (“West
Wing,” “Good Morning, Miami”), takes on a bit of an edge as the lead role
in Neil LaBute ’s Some Girl(s) in the Audrey Skirball Theater at the Geffen
Playhouse, opening this February. Feuerstein stars as the ambiguous
romantic lead Guy, a character who is traveling between non-descript
hotel rooms in various cities meeting with the women of his past and
searching for … something.
Putting the “girls” in Some Girl(s) is a group of actresses whose backgrounds
and talents are as diverse and vast as Guy’s love life. Seasoned actress
Rosalind Chao (“Star Trek: The Next Generation,” The Joy Luck Club) has
some unfinished business to clear up as Lindsay, the savvy yet scarred older
woman. Stage veteran Paula Cale Lisbe, best know for her television role
as Joanie Hansen in NBC’s “ Providence ,” stars as Sam, the high-school
girlfriend who didn’t quite make it to prom night. “Six Feet Under” star
Justina Machado plays Tyler , the too-cool fling that won’t quite get flung;
and taking on the role of Bobbi, a California sweetheart who got ditched
for Chicago , is Geffen-alum (Fat Pig) and television talent Jaime Ray
Newman.
"I'm incredibly excited to be working with such a terrific cast – Mark is an
actor of great comedic skill and considerable charm, which goes a long
way in making my morally questionable character accessible to an
audience,” said La Bute. “He is surrounded by four lovely and talented
women, and I couldn't be happier working with this bunch in such a
perfect venue. This is the way theater should be seen – right in your lap
and without novocain."
Some Girl(s) opens in the Audrey Skirball Theater at the Geffen Playhouse
on February 6, 2008.
Previews: January 29 to February 5, 2008
Opening Night: February 6, 2008
Closing Night: March 9, 2008
Production Credits
Scenic Designer Sibyl Wickersheimer
Costume Designer Lynette Meyer
Lighting Designer Kristie Roldan
Sound Designer Cricket Myers
Performance Schedule
Monday No performances
Tuesday – Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 7:30pm
Saturday 3:30pm; 8:00pm
Sunday 2:30pm; 7:30pm
Tickets
Tickets ($69 for all performances except Friday and Saturday evenings,
which are $74) are on sale now at the Geffen Playhouse box office, online
at GeffenPlayhouse.com, via credit card phone order at 310.208.5454, at
all Ticketmaster outlets, or by calling Ticketmaster at 213.365.3500.
Student rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain for $15.
ROSALIND CHAO (Lindsay)
Rosalind Chao has been a character actor since the age of 5. She began
appearing in Peking Opera productions as brave young acrobatic warriors
despite actually being an Asian American nerd from Orange County. It
was in one of these productions, that she was spotted by a talent agent
and began acting professionally. Years later, while still in college, Rosalind
made her first major television appearance when she guest starred as
Soon Lee in the record breaking finale episode of “M.A.S.H.” Since then,
she has become known to sci-fi fans as Keiko, the ship's botanist in “Star
Trek: The Next Generation” and by film lovers as Rose Hsu in The Joy Luck
Club. Rosalind's numerous film credits include Wim Wenders' End of
Violence, I Am Sam, What Dreams May Come, and her starring role
opposite Chris Cooper in Thousand Pieces of Gold. More recently, she has
appeared in the films Freaky Friday, Just Like Heaven, and the soon to be
released Nanking as well as in recurring roles on television such as “Six Feet
Under”, “The O. C”., and HBO's “Tell Me You Love Me.”
Neil LaBute (Playwright / Director)
Neil LaBute received his Master of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing from
New York University and was the recipient of a literary fellowship to study
at the Royal Court Theatre . His films include In the Company of Men (New
York Critics' Circle Award for Best First Feature, Filmmakers' Trophy at the
Sundance Film Festival), Your Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty,
Possession, The Shape of Things (a film adaptation of his play by the same
title), The Wicker Man and Lakeview Terrace, which will be released in fall of
2008. LaBute’s plays include bash: latter-day plays, The Shape of Things,
The Distance From Here, The Mercy Seat, Fat Pig, This is How It Goes, Some
Girl(s), Wrecks, In a Dark Dark House and Reasons to Be Pretty, which will
premiere this summer in New York. LaBute is the author of several fictional
pieces that have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times,
Harper's Bazaar, and Playboy among others, as well as a collection of his
short stories was published by Grove/Atlantic.
PAULA CALE LISBE (Sam)
Paula returns to the Geffen where she played Suzanne in Steve Martin’s
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, a role she originated with the Steppenwolf
Theater Company in Chicago . She has appeared on Broadway in Night of
the Iguana and, in one of her favorite roles, as Gilda Radner in Alan
Zweibel’s Bunny, Bunny. Paula is best known for her role as Joanie Hansen
in NBC’s “ Providence .” Other television credits include “House M.D.”,
“Ghost Whisperer,” “Joey,” “Brian’s Song,” “Martin and Lewis,” “The Naked
Truth,” “Murphy Brown” and numerous pilots nobody has ever seen.
JUSTINA MACHADO ( Tyler )
Justina Machado has amassed a diverse resume encompassing feature
films, television roles and theater. Machado began her career on the
stage with stellar performances at the Latino Chicago Theatre, which
paved the way for her now burgeoning career. Since then, she has
appeared in Blade to the Heat and Black Butterfly at Los Angeles ’
renowned Mark Taper Forum and in the musical version of Mambo Kings in
San Francisco . Nominated for a 2006 Alma award for her work, Machado
most recently starred in HBO’s award-winning series Six Feet Under as
Vanessa Diaz. Other television credits include the upcoming ABC thriller
Fatal Contact opposite Joely Richardson, the live episode of ER, and guest
appearances on Ghost Whisperer and NYPD Blue. Film credits include New
Line Cinema’s box office hit Final Destination 2, Neal Moritz’s Torque,
Steven Soderbergh’s groundbreaking film Full Frontal and in Nick
Cassavetes’ She’s So Lovely. Upcoming films include In the Electric Mist
opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Accidental Opposite starring Uma
Thurman. Machado was born and raised in Chicago as the eldest of five
children in a family of Puerto Rican descent.
JaiMe Ray Newman (Bobbi)
Jaime is overjoyed to be back at the Geffen, having just played Jeannie in
Neil Labute's Fat Pig this past summer. Originally from Detroit , she
attended Northwestern University , and is a member of the Actor's Studio.
Regional credits include: Turnaround with David Schwimmer, written and
directed by Roger Kumble; First Nights: Beethoven at The Disney Concert
Hall; Lucid Sound and May I Offend You? with The Sight Unseen
Theatre Group. On film, Jaime has appeared in Catch Me If You Can,
Living Til The End, and Sex and Breakfast. Television credits include the title
characters in the pilots “I'm Paige Armstrong,” written and directed by
Rod Lurie, and “Hollis and Rae,” produced by Steven Bochco for ABC. She
has recurred on “Heroes” (NBC), “Veronica Mars” (CW), “E-Ring” (NBC),
“Related” (CW) and “Stargate: Atlantis” (Sci-Fi). Jaime's first job in LA was
playing Kristina Cassadine on “ General Hospital ,” before her character’s
untimely death in a building explosion.
Mark Feuerstein (Guy)
Like any serious actor, Mark Feuerstein loves the theatre. His extensive
theatre resume includes performances in Twelfth Night, Awake & Sing,
Dark Rapture, The Misanthrope, Macbeth, Three Sisters, A Streetcar
Named Desire and King Lear. He made his Broadway debut starring in
Alfred Uhry's Tony Award winning play The Last Night of Ballyhoo, and most
recently, Feuerstein played to sold-out audiences and garnered amazing
reviews for his performance in Roger Kumble's hilarious dark comedy about
the biz, Turnaround. On film, Mark recently starred as Simon Stein, opposite
Toni Colette in the now cult-classic Curtis Hanson flick, In Her Shoes. Mark
also stars in two indie films Shut Up and Sing, which was released earlier this
year, and Love Shack which is still awaiting release. Other film credits
include What Women Want, The Muse, Rules of Engagement, Woman On
Top, and Practical Magic. In conjunction with his film work, Mark appears
regularly on the small screen. Most memorably, Mark has played young
Republican lawyer Cliff Calley on “The West Wing,” and a coffee-shop
owning bisexual judge on “Ally McBeal.” Lest we forget his stint on “Sex
and the City” as Josh, the ophthalmologist who was so bad in bed
Miranda had to fake her orgasms. Having done his time on the sit-com
circuit, Mark always made people laugh on such sort-of-hits as “Caroline in
the City,” “Conrad Bloom,” “Fired Up,” and “Good Morning, Miami .”
Mark Feuerstein
Heads a Cast of Small-Screen Starlets
in Neil LaBute’s
Some Girl(s) in The Audrey at The Geffen Playhouse
Rosalind Chao, Paula Cale Lisbe, Justina Machado and
Jaime Ray Newman
Star as Some of the Girls in this West-Coast Premiere Directed by LaBute
LOS ANGELES, January 15, 2008 — Mark Feuerstein, an actor who has
made a name for himself by playing irresistibly charming characters on
screens both big (In Her Shoes, What Women Want) and small (“West
Wing,” “Good Morning, Miami”), takes on a bit of an edge as the lead role
in Neil LaBute ’s Some Girl(s) in the Audrey Skirball Theater at the Geffen
Playhouse, opening this February. Feuerstein stars as the ambiguous
romantic lead Guy, a character who is traveling between non-descript
hotel rooms in various cities meeting with the women of his past and
searching for … something.
Putting the “girls” in Some Girl(s) is a group of actresses whose backgrounds
and talents are as diverse and vast as Guy’s love life. Seasoned actress
Rosalind Chao (“Star Trek: The Next Generation,” The Joy Luck Club) has
some unfinished business to clear up as Lindsay, the savvy yet scarred older
woman. Stage veteran Paula Cale Lisbe, best know for her television role
as Joanie Hansen in NBC’s “ Providence ,” stars as Sam, the high-school
girlfriend who didn’t quite make it to prom night. “Six Feet Under” star
Justina Machado plays Tyler , the too-cool fling that won’t quite get flung;
and taking on the role of Bobbi, a California sweetheart who got ditched
for Chicago , is Geffen-alum (Fat Pig) and television talent Jaime Ray
Newman.
"I'm incredibly excited to be working with such a terrific cast – Mark is an
actor of great comedic skill and considerable charm, which goes a long
way in making my morally questionable character accessible to an
audience,” said La Bute. “He is surrounded by four lovely and talented
women, and I couldn't be happier working with this bunch in such a
perfect venue. This is the way theater should be seen – right in your lap
and without novocain."
Some Girl(s) opens in the Audrey Skirball Theater at the Geffen Playhouse
on February 6, 2008.
Previews: January 29 to February 5, 2008
Opening Night: February 6, 2008
Closing Night: March 9, 2008
Production Credits
Scenic Designer Sibyl Wickersheimer
Costume Designer Lynette Meyer
Lighting Designer Kristie Roldan
Sound Designer Cricket Myers
Performance Schedule
Monday No performances
Tuesday – Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 7:30pm
Saturday 3:30pm; 8:00pm
Sunday 2:30pm; 7:30pm
Tickets
Tickets ($69 for all performances except Friday and Saturday evenings,
which are $74) are on sale now at the Geffen Playhouse box office, online
at GeffenPlayhouse.com, via credit card phone order at 310.208.5454, at
all Ticketmaster outlets, or by calling Ticketmaster at 213.365.3500.
Student rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain for $15.
ROSALIND CHAO (Lindsay)
Rosalind Chao has been a character actor since the age of 5. She began
appearing in Peking Opera productions as brave young acrobatic warriors
despite actually being an Asian American nerd from Orange County. It
was in one of these productions, that she was spotted by a talent agent
and began acting professionally. Years later, while still in college, Rosalind
made her first major television appearance when she guest starred as
Soon Lee in the record breaking finale episode of “M.A.S.H.” Since then,
she has become known to sci-fi fans as Keiko, the ship's botanist in “Star
Trek: The Next Generation” and by film lovers as Rose Hsu in The Joy Luck
Club. Rosalind's numerous film credits include Wim Wenders' End of
Violence, I Am Sam, What Dreams May Come, and her starring role
opposite Chris Cooper in Thousand Pieces of Gold. More recently, she has
appeared in the films Freaky Friday, Just Like Heaven, and the soon to be
released Nanking as well as in recurring roles on television such as “Six Feet
Under”, “The O. C”., and HBO's “Tell Me You Love Me.”
Neil LaBute (Playwright / Director)
Neil LaBute received his Master of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing from
New York University and was the recipient of a literary fellowship to study
at the Royal Court Theatre . His films include In the Company of Men (New
York Critics' Circle Award for Best First Feature, Filmmakers' Trophy at the
Sundance Film Festival), Your Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty,
Possession, The Shape of Things (a film adaptation of his play by the same
title), The Wicker Man and Lakeview Terrace, which will be released in fall of
2008. LaBute’s plays include bash: latter-day plays, The Shape of Things,
The Distance From Here, The Mercy Seat, Fat Pig, This is How It Goes, Some
Girl(s), Wrecks, In a Dark Dark House and Reasons to Be Pretty, which will
premiere this summer in New York. LaBute is the author of several fictional
pieces that have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times,
Harper's Bazaar, and Playboy among others, as well as a collection of his
short stories was published by Grove/Atlantic.
PAULA CALE LISBE (Sam)
Paula returns to the Geffen where she played Suzanne in Steve Martin’s
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, a role she originated with the Steppenwolf
Theater Company in Chicago . She has appeared on Broadway in Night of
the Iguana and, in one of her favorite roles, as Gilda Radner in Alan
Zweibel’s Bunny, Bunny. Paula is best known for her role as Joanie Hansen
in NBC’s “ Providence .” Other television credits include “House M.D.”,
“Ghost Whisperer,” “Joey,” “Brian’s Song,” “Martin and Lewis,” “The Naked
Truth,” “Murphy Brown” and numerous pilots nobody has ever seen.
JUSTINA MACHADO ( Tyler )
Justina Machado has amassed a diverse resume encompassing feature
films, television roles and theater. Machado began her career on the
stage with stellar performances at the Latino Chicago Theatre, which
paved the way for her now burgeoning career. Since then, she has
appeared in Blade to the Heat and Black Butterfly at Los Angeles ’
renowned Mark Taper Forum and in the musical version of Mambo Kings in
San Francisco . Nominated for a 2006 Alma award for her work, Machado
most recently starred in HBO’s award-winning series Six Feet Under as
Vanessa Diaz. Other television credits include the upcoming ABC thriller
Fatal Contact opposite Joely Richardson, the live episode of ER, and guest
appearances on Ghost Whisperer and NYPD Blue. Film credits include New
Line Cinema’s box office hit Final Destination 2, Neal Moritz’s Torque,
Steven Soderbergh’s groundbreaking film Full Frontal and in Nick
Cassavetes’ She’s So Lovely. Upcoming films include In the Electric Mist
opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Accidental Opposite starring Uma
Thurman. Machado was born and raised in Chicago as the eldest of five
children in a family of Puerto Rican descent.
JaiMe Ray Newman (Bobbi)
Jaime is overjoyed to be back at the Geffen, having just played Jeannie in
Neil Labute's Fat Pig this past summer. Originally from Detroit , she
attended Northwestern University , and is a member of the Actor's Studio.
Regional credits include: Turnaround with David Schwimmer, written and
directed by Roger Kumble; First Nights: Beethoven at The Disney Concert
Hall; Lucid Sound and May I Offend You? with The Sight Unseen
Theatre Group. On film, Jaime has appeared in Catch Me If You Can,
Living Til The End, and Sex and Breakfast. Television credits include the title
characters in the pilots “I'm Paige Armstrong,” written and directed by
Rod Lurie, and “Hollis and Rae,” produced by Steven Bochco for ABC. She
has recurred on “Heroes” (NBC), “Veronica Mars” (CW), “E-Ring” (NBC),
“Related” (CW) and “Stargate: Atlantis” (Sci-Fi). Jaime's first job in LA was
playing Kristina Cassadine on “ General Hospital ,” before her character’s
untimely death in a building explosion.
Mark Feuerstein (Guy)
Like any serious actor, Mark Feuerstein loves the theatre. His extensive
theatre resume includes performances in Twelfth Night, Awake & Sing,
Dark Rapture, The Misanthrope, Macbeth, Three Sisters, A Streetcar
Named Desire and King Lear. He made his Broadway debut starring in
Alfred Uhry's Tony Award winning play The Last Night of Ballyhoo, and most
recently, Feuerstein played to sold-out audiences and garnered amazing
reviews for his performance in Roger Kumble's hilarious dark comedy about
the biz, Turnaround. On film, Mark recently starred as Simon Stein, opposite
Toni Colette in the now cult-classic Curtis Hanson flick, In Her Shoes. Mark
also stars in two indie films Shut Up and Sing, which was released earlier this
year, and Love Shack which is still awaiting release. Other film credits
include What Women Want, The Muse, Rules of Engagement, Woman On
Top, and Practical Magic. In conjunction with his film work, Mark appears
regularly on the small screen. Most memorably, Mark has played young
Republican lawyer Cliff Calley on “The West Wing,” and a coffee-shop
owning bisexual judge on “Ally McBeal.” Lest we forget his stint on “Sex
and the City” as Josh, the ophthalmologist who was so bad in bed
Miranda had to fake her orgasms. Having done his time on the sit-com
circuit, Mark always made people laugh on such sort-of-hits as “Caroline in
the City,” “Conrad Bloom,” “Fired Up,” and “Good Morning, Miami .”